Lexington man charged with multiple counts of forging checks

A Lexington man is accused of forging 10 checks to obtain more than $1,600 in tobacco products from a business in Lexington, according to arrest warrants.

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A Lexington man is accused of forging 10 checks to obtain more than $1,600 in tobacco products from a business in Lexington, according to arrest warrants.Michael Daryl Kiser, 44, of 175 Jersey Lane, has been charged with 10 counts of forgery of instruments, 10 counts of felony uttering of forged instruments, four counts of misdemeanor larceny and felony identity theft.D.S. Shuler of the Lexington Police Department alleges in arrest warrants that Kiser forged and uttered stolen checks to obtain cigarettes and tobacco products valued at $1,633.17 from Pete Vs Pete of NC LLC on U.S. Highway 64. The alleged offenses occurred between Oct. 5, 2012, and Jan. 19, according to arrest warrants.The forged checks, according to the court documents, ranged in the amounts of between $97.12 and $277.58. Arrest warrants listed two victims concerning the forged checks.A second officer with the LPD alleges Kiser stole cartons of cigarettes totaling $363.67 from four businesses in Lexington, according to arrest warrants.Kiser was given a $50,000 secured bond and a court date of March 4.He was arrested Sunday after officers with the LPD claimed he attempted to flee from a house at 811 Olympia St. by going through an attic space and then on top of a roof as they were in the process of serving several warrants on him. He was charged then with three counts of resisting public officer, injury to personal property, two counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense, two counts of felony forgery of an instrument, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substances on prison/jail premisesCapt. Robby Rummage of the Lexington Police Department said investigators are still trying to determine the relationship between Kiser and one of the victims. Officers identified the second victim as a member of Kiser’s family.